Gawd, gimme a break... Back in the days when I was working in a NOC, we were forced to switch from Netware/Groupwise to NT/Exchange. We proved that the manpower needed to maintain that configuration would triple, and the cost of ownership would double. Did they listen to us? Noooooooooooo!

Once the switch was made, the bean counters started scratching their head and started to ask why costs were going through the roof. "But MS gave us such a great DEAL in purchasing the software!" BAH!!!!!!!!!!

Gawd, gimme a break... Back in the days when I was working in a NOC, we were forced to switch from Netware/Groupwise to NT/Exchange. We proved that the manpower needed to maintain that configuration would triple, and the cost of ownership would double. Did they listen to us? Noooooooooooo!

Once the switch was made, the bean counters started scratching their head and started to ask why costs were going through the roof. "But MS gave us such a great DEAL in purchasing the software!" BAH!!!!!!!!!!

Don't worry, they still have The Highly Reliable Times for you to read!

Straight from the Ministry of Truth... Oh well, anybody really searching for a server solution should know better than to trust either M$ or Linux propaganda. But If you do trust M$ propaganda, you deserve a windows based server. Good luck with it.

Ease of maintenance: While the below article was explaining how Gentoo had unique strengths, it's applicable to alI Linux good practices: Bearing in mind, home use is vastly different to business requirements